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finish the Great Wall of China
We really should complete these projects that we start, not just leave them to crumble away, stick them away in a cupboard and forget them; and after all the wall was a pretty good half-baked idea. | |
The Great Wall of China stretches 1400 miles from the Yellow Sea westwards and sort of peters out half way across China. The idea was conceived in the Ch’in Dynasty, two thousand years ago – so come on we have wasted enough time on this one.
Suggested route would take it to the western edge of
China and then on further westwards following the northern borders of Afghanistan; completely circle the Caspian Sea, on over to the southern rim of the Black Sea. North to Bucharest, then west again and keep going in a straight line following roughly the 45 degree latitude line, straight across Europe regardless of country borders and end up in Bordeaux just in time for a nice glass of French wine, petit pain or croissant and some self-congratulatory kissing.
Why? Who said Why? We can all sit on the wall, swinging our legs and singing a happy song. Pretty good place for a picnic.
Boring academic link
http://geography.ab...eekly/aa090100a.htm
Debunking another urban myth [PeterSilly, Jul 31 2002, last modified Oct 05 2004]
The_20Exstrudel
Pastry analogue [pocmloc, Jan 10 2016]
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So we're going to need more than the one bag of cement, then. |
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Actually, the Great Wall of China is more than just a single wall. It is a collection of hundreds of smaller walls built at various times, and in various locations. So the argument can be made that the Great Wall of China is, indeed, complete. All we need to do is relocate the various sections so that they form a single continuous wall. |
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gun is right it started out as lots of little walls but during the Ch'in dynasty they did some joined-up work on it, using I am led to believe - 1/2 million workers. |
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Um, before we get to Bordeaux, could we first extend the wall on its Eastern end, and wrap it down along the entire length of the Chinese coastline? That way maybe we could head off the monster "tidal" wave that would occur if every person in China jumped into the ocean at once. |
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If we're not going to Spain, then I'm not going to help. |
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we can veer off in any direction that you suggest, runf. |
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I want to rebuild the Maginot Line, and the Atlantic Wall. |
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After completion, would the Great Wall of China in it's previous state come to be known as "The Pretty Good Wall of China"? |
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Can we rebuild it with porcelain? |
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We could just fill in the blanks with a nice hedge -much cheaper (though this was once baked in India). |
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hedge? hmmm... that gives me a better idea, continue using stone and use the entire wall as part of a gigantic maze that covers all of China (not that I have anything against China, but if they're going to build a massive wall they really should have expected people to turn it into a maze sooner or later) |
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Would we be able to get David Copperfield to walk through it again? |
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Maybe we could like go out of China, then extend it through many countries. It could span over Europe and Asia, maybe Africa, and if we grow gills, any of the other continents. Then, it would have to be called The Great Wall of the World. Now, all we need are gills... |
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//they did some joined-up work on it, using I am led to believe - 1/2 million workers.// |
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po - didn't they use stones? |
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Meph - I'm not sure that you can actually see the Great Wall from anything other than low orbit, certainly not with the naked eye from the standard Shuttle orbit - see link. |
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do you think it necessary? I could get a couple of quotes I suppose. |
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A few cashpoints wouldn't go amiss either |
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If we could deem the wall "politically necessary" then perhaps
Trump could get Mexico to pay for it. |
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/Why? Who asked Why?'
I love it! |
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Is this 'finish' as in 'to complete,' or 'finish' as in
'FINISH HIM!'? |
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Fie, keep going under the Atlantic, across America, on to
Japan, and join the ends. |
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